I've started to notice a new habit in crowdfunding over the last year; the companies that let down their bigger backers to get the product out on the market and earning retail.
So you back that Kickstarter with some extras (often more books etc) at a higher level than others, but the company suffers delays and issues so the additional material is late. However, they have the core game, so they release it both to the backers who only backed at the lower level (likely the majority) and into retail or print-on-demand.
Those who backed at the higher level get to wait until all the extras are done. Now, if that's a week or two, fine, but I'm seeing a tendency for this to become months or even more. If you're lucky, you can pay extra shopping to get the book when everyone else does, but that's not always the case.
Sadly, it's been predominantly UK companies so far, one of which I've previously criticised for their virtue signalling.
It used to be the case that a lot of companies would hold until they had everything ready, or split ship. Sign of the times?
9 September 2023
Hmm, seems like my criticism towards the virtue signallers may be misplaced. The latest update implies that they’ve shipped the core books to everyone, unlike the previous one. I guess it’s time to watch this space.
16 September 2023
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